METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DATA TO STREAMING APPLICATION IN ADAPTIVE STREAMING SERVICE

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for providing data to a streaming application by an electronic device in an adaptive streaming service comprises the operations of: determining a data provision time interval, that is, the time interval during which each of multiple pieces of data constituting a streaming content is provided to a streaming application through a proxy module; downloading first data, which is a part of the streaming content, from an external apparatus and storing the same; and when the streaming application requests the first data, providing the stored first data to the streaming application through the proxy module on the basis of the determined data provision time interval.